Avid for Ovid were
thrilled to perform at the Ashmolean Museum's DEADFriday evening
event on Friday 30th October 2015. It was a very fitting
setting: under the shadow of Nike in the museum's Cast Gallery, we performed for hundreds of evening visitors. It allowed us to
showcase some new pieces, created for the evening – sorceresses
Kirke and Medea, Mother of Dragons – as well as
revisit some old favourites: mourning Aurora, werewolf Lycaon, Tisiphone, Shades of the Styx, and Myrrha's transformation, all
suitably eerie subjects for this special Hallowe'en event. We also
engaged the audience in some participatory activities – the casting
of Roman curses for us to embody / improvise through movement and music. Thanks
to the team at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, especially Sarah
Doherty, Public Engagement Assistant, and, of course, to our
wonderful audiences.
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| Tisiphone - Dancer: Susie Crow; Musician: Malcolm Atkins Photo: Marcella Vigneri |
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| Lycaon - Dancer: Ségolène Tarte; Musician: Malcolm Atkins Photo: Marcella Vigneri |
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| Myrrha - Dancer: Marie-Louise Crawley; Musician: Malcolm Atkins Photo: Marcella Vigneri |
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| Kirke - Dancer: Ségolène Tarte; Musician: Malcolm Atkins Photo: Marcella Vigneri |
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